In Death as a Way of Life, David Grossman, one of Israel's great fiction writers, addresses urgent questions regarding the middle east in a series of passionate essays and insightful articles. Writing not only as one of his country's most respected novelists and commentators, but as a husband and father and peace activist bitterly disappointed in the leaders of both sides, Grossman asks: What went wrong after Oslo? How can Israelis and Palestinians make peace? How has the violence changed their lives, and their souls?

David Grossman has received several international awards for his writing, including the Premio Grinzane and the Premio Mondelo for The Zigzag Kid. He is the author of several novels, including A Horse Walks into a Bar, The Book of Intimate Grammar, as well as children's books, and a play. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children.

Suddenly, Human Contact * Arafat Arrives in Gaza * The Holocaust Carrier Pigeon * Yes, Prime Minister * After Rabin's Assassination * When Fear Overcomes Everything * Open Letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu * No Peace, No Security * Whose Life Is It, Anyway? * Beware, Opportunity Ahead * Expulsion of the Cave Dwellers * Leave Lebanon Now * The Pope's Visit to Israel * Despite It All * Boy Killed in Gaza * Letter to a Palestinian Friend * Stop Mumbling * An Invitation to Dialogue: Response to a Palestinian Open Letter * Point of No Return * Hours Before the Elections * After the Elections * Death as a Way of Life * International Intervention, Please * Time to Part Company * Terror's Long Shadow * Seven Days: A Diary * Deadly Routine * Turning a Blind Eye * QED * Hail, Caesar! * Reality Check, March 2002 * This War Cannot Be Won * Bad Fences Make Bad Neighbors * Two Years of Intifada